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Revision as of 14:42, 4 June 2009

Class

Disk and File Utilities


Purpose

Delete specified file


Syntax

DELETE FILE <filename>


See Also

ERASE, SET PATH, SET SAFETY


Description

The DELETE FILE command deletes the specified file, <filename> . If no directory specification is present in the <filename>, then the file is deleted from the current directory. The filename can be substituted with a <expC>, enclosed in round brackets, which returns a valid filename. The DELETE FILE command does not follow the directory search path specified with the SET PATH command. On OpenVMS, all versions of the file will be deleted.


Example

delete file orders.dbf


Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer